babiegirl4269

Larger map with an ally or two was almost too easy

I thought I was doing better, but I wasn't. That was right before they came and kicked my ass. Not sure how they got so many ships to me after having to eat away at those Pirates. Then I played another game and had 4 planets and was trying to build an army to use as a blocking point and they started coming in in massive waves. cap ships go down quickly, I had focused alot on the LRF's but had made sure to produce a variety of other ships. I was curious, so I saved an

Between the people who are giving helpful advice here and ditching Diplomacy (for now), it has gotten a little better. I at least played for longer and still have not been wiped out :) I think I am still missing something about fighting but it is finally getting better. I found a planet that is the bottleneck (?) between myself and the green AI. I need to figure out how to take control of it-- it is a pirate planet. I assume since they are still there after disab

Yup- I build mines right away. I build scouts and tell them to do their thing. I build the capital ship and a few of the light frigates at the start. I group them up. I do upgrade the planets and place a few research stations. I research to get trade ports (but by this time I'm nearly on the chopping block), increase my capital ship cap, and try to research armor and weapons. Perhaps I am not giving proper attention to my armies. I basically made groupings of v

Thanks for the advice guys- Pirates weren't a problem (I found where I could turn them off), neither were the gray small ships that were found in smaller numbers. Tech tree was overwhealming. I still don't know why when I set the AI on easy they seemed to have unlimited resources and ships. I will investigate just playing vanilla until I get used to how the game works and will take another look at the tutorial. This looks like it should be fun- kinda a mix of

I'm struggling with ship production. I never have enough crystal, I can't expand much. AI comes straight for me (within 20 min). It doesn't matter what difficulty adjustments I make. (does easy mean the AI gets resources easier or that they take it easier on me? I don't know and there is no manual to tell me and It doesn't make a discernable difference either way) I even set it up with a large map with one other race. They expanded and came for me with infi

I've been trying different strategies, trying to follow the advice of the person who recommended this to me. No matter what difficulty I set things to, I'm dead in a short time. So far this has not been fun at all and I am not really finding any help anywhere. Wish I could get my money back